CHAPTER 1

THE 130-STOREY TREEHOUSE

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Hi, my name is Andy.

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This is my friend Terry.

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We live in a tree.

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Well, when I say ‘tree’, I mean treehouse. And when I say ‘treehouse’, I don’t just mean any old treehouse—I mean a 130-storey treehouse. (It used to be a 117-storey treehouse, but we’ve added another 13 storeys.)

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So what are you waiting for? Come on up!

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We’ve got a soap bubble blaster,

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a non-stop dot level,

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a 13-storey igloo,

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the GRABINATOR (it can grab anything from anywhere at any time),

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an extraterrestrial observation centre,

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a time-wasting level,

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a toilet paper factory (because you can never have too much toilet paper),

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a giant juggling octopus,

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a soft grassy hill, perfect for rolling down,

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a super long legs level,

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a TFB (that’s short for treehouse fire brigade),

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a people-eating plant called Petal,

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and the best bookshop-in-a-treehouse-in-a-tree-in-a-forest-in-a-book in the whole world!

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As well as being our home, the treehouse is where we make books together. I write the words and Terry draws the pictures.

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As you can see, we’ve been doing this for quite a while now.

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Things don’t always go to plan, of course …

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but we always get our book done in the end.